Charles Francis ADAMS

Background

Adams, Charles Francis was born on May 27, 1835 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Francis and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1856 (Doctor of Laws 1895, Princeton, 1909). Admitted to bar, 1858. Served in Union Army through Civil War.

Honorary mustered out, September 1, 1864.

Lieutenant-colonel 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, September 8, 1864. Colonel, March 14, 1865.

Bvtd. brig.-general volumes, March 13, 1865. Resigned August, 1865.

Career

Identified with railway interests. Member Board Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts, 1869-1879 (chairman 7 years). Member board arbitration, Trunk Lincolnshire Railroad Organisation, 1879-1884.

Government director United Presbyterian Railroad, 1877-1890, president, 1884-1890.

Overseer Harvard, 1882-1894 and 1895-1907. President Massachusetts History Society, 1895.

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Academy Arts and Letters.

Author: Chapters on Erie and Other Essays.

Railroads, Their Origin and Problems. Notes on Railway Accidents. Massachusetts, Its Historians and Its History.

Three Episodes of Massachusetts History.

Life of Charles Francis Adams. Richard Henry Dana, a Biography, and others

Home: South Lincoln, Massachusetts

Achievements

• Charles Francis Adams has been listed as a noteworthy publicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts, 1869-1879 (chairman 7 years). Member board arbitration, Trunk Lincolnshire Railroad Organisation, 1879-1884. Member American Academy Arts and Letters.

• Clubs: Somerset, Boston; Knickerbocker, New York; Metropolitan, Washington.

Interests

• Forestry, horseback.

Connections

Spouse 1865, Mary Ogden of Newport, Rhode Island

Father:

Charles Francis Adams

Mother:

Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams

Spouse:

Mary Hone Ogden